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Reviewing the Landscape Design

Bob discusses landscape of the governor's mansion with contractor Sam Daniel.
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Reviewing the Landscape Design

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" This and we got less than a month ago we were at the mansion goes back on duty that's right the landscape has just begun this magnolia is magnificent. It looks like he grew overnight -- gathers to them. Flanking the mansion one on both sides now what's the economics of putting something like this and -- the tree came from South Carolina and and it's. Pretty big so it'll kind of expensive soil is really soft they're only way to generate very wet there. The three is about 1200 dollars there right yes it was well worth it because it really sets off the the front facade it needed to be a large tree or the to look like it was mature let's go take a look in the backyards all right on or there. We'll samba formal garden in the back here looks good but what are all these trenches more bodies in the trenches for the underground wiring that site lighting. OK so that's what this ABC's I think -- all about and onto it yet and this goes into the trend it has tracked how -- they have to be code -- provide eighteen inches of ground cover. So he's not doing that with a show well to a heavily that we use in this ditch -- here which is a the way to do it electricians dream right that'll go through anything we'll also use this to install the irrigation lines that -- in next. Now why have you remove the wall here. This is alive tree planted by admiral Byrd. So it's been here for a few years now -- here for quite sometime why did you have to tear down the law because the tree has grown to the point that it attaching the law. Antiques -- by the paint that's on it. And in order to preserve the tree we were going to relocate the wall. It looks like the wall originally was on top -- stimulus in this. The steel I -- here. Yes there as the the -- was built after the tree was planted and -- to protect the root system. The wall was placed on a steel beam. So now you've had the concrete cutters cut. Sliced right through it -- brick wall. And what were you how will you replace it well we're going to make a right angle and then. Reinstate the same radius that was in the wall before they cast away from the tree OK so it'll have a nice curves to it. Now what are we doing of these cobblestones. These are granite stone is being used as -- but he concrete pavers OK so that's a soldier course. To edge this motor -- I guess right that's right and here we are at work."

" And here we have John guide who's doing this work force state John can we interrupt you aren't good that's it. So you're laying them down an actual bed of mortar right yes -- we. Are out about four provinces and -- them or cement. And do what we're able to call wet but -- yes and seven employees point six inches from the North Korea. Of course and then of course the part we're standing we'll be back filled with soil which really holds. Tight that's right now where'd you get these cobblestones these don't look like they've ever seen duty on non -- roads here in Virginia. Well they come we'll -- north as Connecticut and what they do is they split lark piece the granite. And then -- to get on the old lost OK so it's almost like what you're doing with marble for bathroom. Now that that's right through a toddler to make them look all right and I don't pavers now fifty states -- but the pavers were using here are. Concrete right that's right and those are some -- those are off. Six by six and six by -- the probable favorite rooms up on board. Tonight's pattern just -- soldier course of this explain -- flanked by the smaller ones that's right. Now what's going on here Sam in terms of I mean I assume he's purposefully put it. Line down at an angle like that yes he has some slack in the line to give a just a constant dip in this this for an accessible ramp. That will cause this paving to meet up with the brick paving that's going to be over on this side all right so that basically means that there won't be any bomb or -- initiative and is using a wheelchair brought here at -- And even in smooth transition and that it. And this is where the break begins but I -- the work and the brick on the other end right that's right let's go take a look."

" Why has the sidewalk been been built with all these jobs and -- forms well this is the sculpture garden through here in -- given opportunity for benches and this will be -- it's -- to the day -- serene place for people to come -- and -- in and think about things so it's an extension of the garden along the front -- indeed and it connects everything together indeed. Private jets -- for this country well that's on the back of the building very hard to get to we had to pump it from the street down there and had to get a special permit. And do it last Saturday it was a tough job. All right then. Over here which is the corner with the new addition and the service entry to the kitchen. We looked at this about three weeks ago before you actually -- the roof right that's right this is concrete porch roof. Held up by Al -- talked. Yes and what's the the great column behind it this of the day storm drain to take care they Rainwater OK so that in just a temporary support this in his apartment supportive of the case -- break right now looks like it just got -- I think we've put that Saturday a lot of this sidewalk all right here and then that the this is the service drive so that you'll actually have vehicles backing up here to deliver -- the anti right correct and it's also the accessible entrance. Okay that's right and that's where the elevator is Rembrandt. In all this brickwork really is very very nicely done it does -- top notch now that's a water struck brick but this is. A different type of product isn't it the --"

" Yes is this -- is set in mortar. And and it's that's and swept into the joints so -- little look like it did when it was first installed years ago and it also has this edge crimped to it. So that it looks like it'll kind of worn in broken out yet that's a special feature that we had added to the brick so that it would look old although it's -- effect."

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